Perkins Coie announced tonight that Willie Shepherd will no longer join the firm’s Denver office as a partner.

“The Perkins Coie offer was subject to a number of conditions, some of which could not be satisfied,” the firm said in a prepared statement. “As a result, Perkins Coie and Mr. Shepherd have agreed to terminate discussions.”

Shepherd announced this week that he was leaving the firm he co-founded, Kamlet Shepherd & Reichert, but no reason was given. There is a complaint pending against Shepherd before the Colorado Attorney Regulation Council, but Kamlet officials have declined to say whether that had anything to do with his departure.

Details of the complaint are not made public unless a formal complaint is filed with the Colorado Supreme Court’s disciplinary judge.

Just one day after Kamlet announced that Shepherd was leaving the firm, Perkins Coie disclosed that Shepherd would join the firm.

Sounds like Kroenke Sports Enterprises and Ticketmaster are headed for an ugly divorce.

KSE blames Ticketmaster for this morning’s mess, in which Colorado residents were denied the right to purchase Nuggets playoff tickets because somehow Ticketmaster thought they lived elsewhere.

According to a potential ticket buyer, Ticketmaster is placing the blame squarely on KSE. The company is telling disgruntled customers that the snafu was “the Nuggets problem” and the ticketing giant had no responsibility. Ticketmaster public relations officials haven’t returned calls.

This isn’t even the Finals, folks! What’s going to happen then? A repeat of the Rockies World Series mess?

Anyway the backdrop to this story is that KSE is moving to its own ticketing system, called TicketHorse, next season for the Nuggets. TicketHorse was announced in 2007 and currently handles ticket sales for events at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, home to the Colorado Rapids.

From complaints on Denverpost.com to Facebook, it appears the “out of region” problem during the presale was pretty widespread. Basically, the problem was that even though you live in Colorado, Ticketmaster didn’t think you did, so you weren’t able to purchase tickets during the presale, which was restricted to residents of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. Haven’t heard back from Ticketmaster yet on what caused the problem.

According to the Nuggets, the sale tonight that starts at 6 will also supposedly be restricted to residents of those states until 10 a.m. Saturday. (Thanks Lisa for the update).

There are other ways to buy tickets, and in some instances, you end up paying less or on par with what you would have paid through Ticketmaster, after factoring in all of their fees and surcharges. (especially if you buy a club level ticket — there’s a crazy facilities fee you have to pay… about $10 or so per ticket).

First, there’s eBay. When you buy from the secondary market, it’s often from season ticket holders, who pay less for playoff tickets than the general public. They’ll jack up the price a little bit, but it’s often reasonable when you consider you don’t have to pay ticketmaster fees. I scored club level tickets to the 2nd round vs the Mavs for cheaper than what I would have paid direct. You just have to spend the time to search. A tip when you search Read more…

Andy Vuong joined The Denver Post as a business reporter in 2000 after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a news-editorial degree. His primary beats are gambling, telecommunications and technology. Over the years, his coverage has included everything from aviation to federal courts.